GeForce 6800 GT and GeForce RTX 3080 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 GT vs GeForce RTX 3080
GeForce 6800 GT
146
GeForce RTX 3080
26041
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce RTX 3080
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
NV45
Ampere GA102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2004
September 2020
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1710 MHz
Core clock speed
350 MHz
1450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
222 million
28,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
8704
Power consumption (TDP)
67 Watt
320 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.600
465.1
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
10 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
320 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
19000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
760.3 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.5
OpenCL
N/A
2.0
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
3.0
6.5
Vulkan
N/A
1.2